Perfect Game - Mark Buehrle
Every Perfect Game is a team effort. Even when Sandy Koufax and Matt Cain struck out a record 13 batters in their PGs, that still meant that the other 14 outs had to come from the field. And not every ball put into play in a PG is routine, and it stands to reason that there will come a point where a defender is going to have to go above and beyond in order to make a play to preserve perfection. They usually don't overshadow the accomplishment on the mound that day, but some come very close because of the situation and the jaw dropping play itself and earn almost as much discussion afterwards. Mark Buehrle entered his start on July 23, 2009 with a pretty nice resume to that point. He had just represented the Chicago White Sox earlier that month at the all star game, on his way to his 1st Gold Glove award, a few seasons removed from being on a World Series winner and already having pitched a No-Hitter back in 2007. On this day, he took to the mound for a home start at U.S. Cellular...